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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
Agricultural News.

ANC"S'
A new Seeding of the Florida honey
peach has been originated, which Is u
week earlier than the honey.
Twenty thousand acres of new land has
been devoted to agriculture in Australia
this year
Professor Saunders has sent an outfit
of $50 bags of Russian wheat to Mani
toba and the northwest. Useful results
are anticipated.
Cotton worms have appeared in great
numbers in parts Of South Carolina.
The Texas round up this year is re-
ported as having been successful.
A convention of the agricultural chem
lists of the country will be held at Wash
ington, ID. c., August 10.
The government of Victoria, Australia,
is spending Mt the rate Of 100000 n year
to keep in check the increase of rabbits on
crown lands
The cattle raiscrs Of the west and south
complain that the grazing lands are being
rapidly absorbed for farming purposes,
and that stock raising on n large scale
must soon come to an end, for want OF
cheap feed and other indispensable con-
veniences.
The national government is to buy pa
acres of ground in the vicinity Of Wash
ington for an experimental farm for the
agricultural department.
According to the latest statisticians the
number Of persons in the United States
that are engaged in agriculture is 1910,
493.
1t is estimated thnt Dakota will produce
about 30,000,000 bushels of wheat this
year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
TOMATO rRAINEp ON A TRELLIs.

Gardeners who train their tomato
plants also practice pinching back the
side branches and stopping Others just be-
yond where the fruit is formed. This
thinning out needs to be judiciously done.
A little brush or straw is sometimes
placed around vines trained as described,
to prevent any of the fruit from touching
the ground, thus keeping it in good con
dition. Any device that will keep the
vines upright, Of course, answers essen
TALLY the same purpose as the ones men
toned
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
Killing Potatoes Versus Flat Culture.

Killing Potatoes Versus Flat Culture.
Killing potatoes has been practiced from
time out Of date, and represents today
the most popular mode Of culture for the
tubers. In the face of this widespread
practice, however, some of our most trust
worthy and careful eXperimenters claim
that fiat culture, under ordinary condi-
tons, gives the best results. Prominent
among the advocates Of fiat culture, not
only for potatoes, but for corn, is Mr.. f.
S. Carman, editor of The Rural New
Yorker In recent issue of The Country
Gentleman is given the report of thor.
ough trial of the killing and flat modes OF
culture, in which it is stated that flat cul-
ture gives from Is to 20 per cent. more
than the hills. Among cultivators who
have corroborated the above opinion is
Mr.. Il. f. Platt, Of Fairfield county, Conn,
who experiments annually on some 3OO
varieties, and who states in The Country
Gentleman that he finds the crop much
larger with fiat culture.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
He First Circnmnavieated the Globe.

On Sept 20, 1919, an expedition com.
manded by Portuguese named Ferdinand
Magellan set out from San Lucar in the ship
Vittoria. With three out of five ships that
started he sailed through the straits that bear
his name, connecting the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans Magellan was killed in an encounter
on the Philippine Islands in 1921. Sebastian
del Cano, in the Vittoria, sailed round the
Cope of Cape OF Good Hope, arriving at San
Lucar on Sept. q, 1871, having been around
the world and the first 10 accomplish the feat
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
USEFUL AND TIMELY HINTS ABOUT
THE FLOWER GARDEN.

An Easily Made Rat Trap that Does
Effective work-Growing Tomato Plants
as Uprights-Three Leading Types oil
Lettuce Worthy OF Cultivation.
Numbered with varieties Of lettuce that
furnish crisp, delicate salads for the table,
and which when grown in perfection find
ready sale in the markets, are cabbage"
"Cos" and ''curled," widely differing in
appearance. The cabbage, the best known
of the three types mentioned, shows q
round head formed Of broad spreading
leaves.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
COS LETTUCE.

To develop its desirable qualities Cos
lettuce must be tied up after the heads
have formed, or else blanched under pots.
There are, Of course many sub-varieties
of the types mentioned, which are worthy
of cultivation, but these represent sorts
that are known to prove satisfactory
under ordinary garden culture, and
therefore are desirable, especially when
only few varieties are grown.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09

The Kohinoor and the Orloff are the two
largest diamonds in the world, 50 far as
known. The former belongs to the crown
jewels of England, the latter to the imperial
crown Of Russia. The Kohinoor was the
largest of the two, though not considered as
fine diamond, but it has been much reduced
in size by cutting, 1t originally weighed 1913
carats and has been reduced to 1s6 and more
lately to lU6 The Oroif weighs !93 carats.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
A SIMPLE RAT TRAP.

piece should he fastened back again rs 1t
was, with hinge arranged so that the
piece will drop down, and little piece put
on the barrel head to keep it from raising
beyond the level Of the head. Fasten n
bent piece of hoop iron to the trap with a
handle projecting beyond the barrel, and
to this handle attach as much weight as
will just balance the square piece without
anything on it. Suspend piece of cheese
or other bait few inches above the mid
die Of the piece, so arranged that when the
rat alights on the top his weight immedi-
ately tips the trap, and into the barrel he
goes. Fill the barrel about quarter full
of water.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
In the Flower Garden.

1t is not generally known that hyacinth
and tulip bulbs, lifted after the foliage be-
gins to die and kept in cool, dry place
through the summer and reset in October.
will produce the most abundant and per
feet flowers. This is worthy Of trial.
Annual border plants will be the better
for thinning out now il crowded. and the
sol. should be kept well stirred to promote
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
Electric Lights,

In the Sydney, Australia. lighthouse is the
largest electric light in the world. 1t has a
power of 10000 candles, and may he seen
from ships fifty miles out at sea. The next
largest is in the Palais dIndustre and has o
power Of 10000 candles. The largest light
in America is 2i0O0 candle power 1t is at
San Jose, Cal
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09

1t is said that the origin Of the notch in the
collars of coats originated in this way: The
French general Moreau, when involved in a
conspiracy, appeared in notched coat as a
signal to the other conspirators. His parti-
sans adopted the notch, and it soon became q
fashion
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09

The rat trap shown in our Illustration
is recommended by The Indiana Farmer
as one which anybody can easily make,
and which viii repay fG the trouble,
where there are rats about the corn crib,
house or barn.
Take barrel, and cut square hole as
large as possible in one end, fastening the
portion cut out with cleats. This square
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
Tomato Plants Grown on Trellis.

For number of seasons seedmen and
progressive gardeners have made claim
that tomato plants when trained on a
trells-as shown in the cut-or with
stakes and hoops, to grow upright, not
only bear larger quantity of fruit, but
mature it earlier than when left to take
their own course
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
A Poetical Enigma

Ills true have both face and hands,
And move before your eye:
Yet when go. my body stands:
And when l stand, IL.
AnswU: The clock
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09

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The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09

What is there so excellent "a the spec
,sclc of an old man who believes in his
fellow Insns-Signor Max.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-07-09
THE GREAT ROCK ISLAND ROUTE


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THE FAMOUS ALBERT LEA ROUTE


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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-11

When thoy are ct their homo in Madi.
sou, Wisconsin, the family Of Postmaster
General Vilss attend one Of the Episcors|
churche1 OF that city. Expecting that the
President and hi1 little party would be at
that church last Sunday, tho people Of the
tom ilsc&od there. But the Presiden!
aud his party did not make their appear.
anc,. They wero resting from their 10
bora. H.ga -.
II tho Pieaident intended this for q re-
buke, Ee deserves iuinitecredi.. Thepeo.
pie who attended tho Vilae church should
have como theEc to listen to tho word Of
God % preached by his earvant, and to
take partia the beautiful reaponsiyeeervics
OF the Psotectart Episcopal church. It
wRs not The hors, OF The President they
weIa. going to, but tho houee OF God. II
they wero there to worDhip, they did rot
need the presence Of tho President. II
they went on aightsselpg expedition, it
was good moral discipline to be disap-
pointed.
In Washington the Presidents church
10 slwayu On attraction, whether It be tho
metropolitan in Grants time, the Found.
r. in the time of Hayes, the Disciples
church in the Garfield days, or the Firpt
Presbyterian in theac days OF Cleveland.
1t il no. that God manifesto himeclf more
sbundanily, bu. that tho President 10 to
ba soeu there. Its tho i.iea Of the public
exhibition. N,L ~ -.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-11
MRRlrs AND ISFLuEScrs. 4,

ut boldly abolishes allrelieioua ressraint
as ia;nous, denouucea all extant forms Of
worship and goes back to what II calls 'na-
ture and what the world. calls Atheism.
We expect full faith In tho maintenance
OF fricndlineas between the church and
the ordor 40 long rs you keep free from
the affiliations with daneerous aesocis-
lions and devote yourself TO the fulfill.
ment Of your legitimate mission" ss75Esa
Hia EmlnsEca intimated to your com.
mittes his intended journey to Rome.
promised to explain tho purposes OF the
organization at the Vatican and requested
permission TO pledge the order to the
maintenance OF lawful and orderly be-.
havior. How this Prince OF the Church
fulfilled his covenant made with us, and
how be champ;oned our Gauge in the
eternal city We know full we'll, and the OK.
precision Of pontidcal good will for tho or.
der Of ths knights Of Lsbor which came
TO uB last March YVES duo eolely to the
Games. and intelligent advocacy Of our
cause By Cardinal Gibbons. His Emf.
nence knew we'll how to expreas and com.
mnnlcato tho impulacs OF his OWL inspired
eoul,. snd our grateful and profound
thanks are due him for the extraordinary
favor he has bestowed upon cur order II,
ovelt!owing measure. The bearing OF tho
Vatican towards the order has been frisud-
" and conci!ia!ory." The Knights Of In.
Dor remain untouched, and it will be GU,
Particular duty to prevent tho order from
committing anything aseiaat the civil and
ecc!eaiast'cal lava which might be con.
demned by the church or tho State. H;s
Holiness the Pope wisely determined moi
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-11
u,yOI,K OR BREAD,v


Parade OF Poor Homeless Persons Who
steep In tho Parks of London.
LONDON, Oct. 1.-TWO hundred Of The
poor, homeless, unemployed parsons who
sleep at night in Trafalgar square, pnrad.
ed In body through the principal htreots
In tho West End. They carried o black
banner bearing in white letters
tho inscription: I'VE will have work
or bread" A lurge force Of police.
mounted and on foot, accompanied
the procession, which eventually returned
to Trafalgar Square and with the followers
attracted, held q meeting. Tho orators
who addressed the assemblags described
the hardship Of The host Of those whose
only resting place in London ut night wac
in o public rqusre, and declared that tho
only means they, had Of drawing tho at
tention Of the public to their condition
wac by such demonstrations as they had
juat made. The meeting adopted a reso.
luton 10 roasSemble In the same place
noxt Monday until relief was afforded.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-11
A chugee tor our l,o,s and Girls,


The Nov York Ersning Telegram is de-
handing reform in the public schools of
that city, whsrs the pupila are in school
six hon1s day, beaidea being required TO
DO deal Of home studying to keep up
with the c!ass. The 7tltgrnm's comments
have brought out hearty Response from
parents, who tell come touching storieu Of
the physical condition Of thsir children
rs tho result. Of the school requirements.
a very Intelligent response comes from
Nlr. William Blake, author Of "sound
Bodied for our Boys and Girls" Mr..
B!aikie says 1t is impossible ior the grow.
ing child to stand such Icing hours OF con-
finsmeut and mental application,
and lie quotes the la,c DR.. Willard Parker
40 saying that six hours dsy ..oi mental
work is enough Tor any man. He msn-
tionB also distinguished physician Of
New York, who resolutely takes two hours
dizzy from his extensive prictice for out
door exercises. s5
Mr. Blaikis recommends fewer studies,
short achool hours, hall sn hour Of exsr.
ciso in each session with open windows,
the teacher leading in we'll directed physi.
cal movemsnts,a and not more than an hour
OF homo a!udy taken half en- hour after the
evening meal. - 81.
Beyond question the aound body ia the
frat thing; after that Shook lcarning,"'
and in go much as tho two conflict, shook
learning" should give way.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-11
Gkle aatsl!iQt51tllrreii
WHEELING, W. VA. ooTonEn II, 1881


The people Of Atlanta gave Mt Randall
royal welcome. They desired to do
homo: to his a.es.aa integrity, to his use
iulnesa ps a public servant and to his I'D.
vocaey Of 4 protective tariff. They en-
braced tho occsaion to put in a protest
against the policy advocated by Mr.. Car.
Isle, Mr.. Morrison and other gentlemen Of
their school Of national economy. They
did it intelligently aud they did 1t hand
somely. ia
There Ia not q sane man In Atlanta
who doea not know that il tho FREQ trade
policy Of the Democratic party had been
in force at the end Of the war, and from
thai limo till nov, Atlanta would have
bosa where tho war LEI. her, and tho New
South would never hayo been heard oil.
ia. Atlanta hrs grown, ia p.iil growing,
OF the practice Of protection to American
iniuslries. Atlanta doss not have to con-
nult the tex. bookn 10 learn what 10 good
ff her. She Is her owu text book, and
each unfolding page isan eloquent tribute
TO tho common senss policy which builds
Aslantas in America inatsaa Of in the old
world.
The Democrats Of Georgia would like
to support EIr. Randall for tho Presidency,
hit they know he has no chance in q
Democratic National Convention. One Of
these days they mcy set 10 thinking on
this phase Of the queation.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-11
!. scc,nrlauisn In the Public Schools.

The election Of Rev. Father McTighe
pastor OF st. Malschi's Roman Catholic
church, to tho prlncipalship OF ono Of the
public echools Of Pittsburgh, was the sub.
ject Of sermons in several Of tho churches
Of that city on Sunday last. Father Nc.
Tighe himaeli preached one Of these ser.
mons. In the courae OF his sermon, as
reported by the Commercial Gazette, he de-.
livered himself as follows: .}
There is given in the Old Testament n
most remarkable story. shout King Solo.
mon aud q wicked woman who stole a
child from neighbor. The chiltt,s mother
found where her babe was and tried to
recover possession Of 1t, but the other
woman would not give II up. The case
was taken before King Solomon to ee.tle
the ownership Of tho child. There vas
no proof on one aide or the other to scttle
the dispute, and Solomon WAS asked ia
dscidewho tho real mother wss. Solomon
aaid, 'Lst tho child becu in two and one.
half given 10 each women When the
truo mother heard this eho allowed tho
Other woman to take the child and
kesp it, rathe. than uoe 1t mutilsted.
This gives US s M example of
the great wisdom Of Solomon. 4, i
would imagine that instead OF going before
q wise man like Solomon, who was siited
with earthly wisdom, tho law would rob
mother of her offspring and give her 10
another. The real noiher went into ala.
very in the house where her child was 90
that she could even DO near and watch and
protect it. She would do anything 10
gain admittance to tho house ofFthat
woman to eee her child. Il she would as
Rume auy disguise OF assume suythin2 In
order to DO present with her offspring.
BY looks and signs and silent Sostures Bhe
would draw the thoughts Of the child to
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-11
Soldiers
JAMES a. II MNRY,
United States Penlion ard Claim, Attorney. Real
Estate Agent, Collector and Notary Public,
= 4 u a u L 4 M mr.
OFFICE: 1919 MARKET STREET.

prosecute oil classes OF Government Claims be.
fore tho Treasury Depa. tment aud the Department
OF thu Interior. Now Il tho tiro to irIso your
application for Pension. Any disability incurred
while III service entities soldier n II yerslOn.
Many soldiers COW drawing Pension gre en-
titled 10 increase by virtue OF rev laws or increas
Ing disabilities Rejected claims eva BIO rcopencd
Pension Il granted to all soldlcs WHO served
sixty days In the war with Mexico and 10 all Sol.
dlers or 9silots OF said wIr who were IN q ba,tle.
AL militia troops are also cut!ted who were en-
gagged III tnd war. The widows OF all said soldiers
arc entitled 10 Pension II they have rot renaG.rIeI
Pensioners who have been uHjusty dropped
from the pension roll may have thcir pension 10.
moved. r. f00 : ~
Charge oil descrtlon removed and honorable dis
charges obtained, and full pay aud bounty collect
ed. Communication Tor Ra,ions while n prisoner Of
war II not heretofore paid, can be collected at the
rate OF IS cents per day. IS f,a
Az Notary Public l take the deposit,ons IN all
claims In which am not the attorney OF record
~ commission as Notary being On file In the PEN
zion department alidAvils taken hs!ore me 90 not
require the certificate OF u Clerk Of Court OF
record. tfr r ~ 10 ~ -'y.7
Many bargains to be had In Real Estato OF every
description, Fine Residences. Farms, Building
and manufacturing sites for sails. also give per.
sonal attention to the management OF real estate,
collection Of rents and other accounts. DeedE,
Leaves and other written Instruments prepared.
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to provoke M antagonism between tho
church and tho mighty industrial power
that 10 now making llseli felt throughout
this FREQ land Of ours, and Lao Nil. has
shown that no IL neither rash nor illiberal.
There 10 no reason to fear that the order,
as an association, will islsify tho good
character given It by tho American Prince
Of the Church. Our organization ia en-.
tirely free from the clements Of sectarlan,
religious or irrellglous discussion, and liz
fundamentals are OF kind to guard 1t
agains! disturbing influence ouLslde Of the
sphere 10 which 1t was created. sl4
,59,4E TV. PowDERtY, G. NJ. W.
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God and elevate its mind to religious
thouRhto. My friends, you can draw your
own conclusion. VA 5'Hs S.7& 4
II this DO the spirit in which Father Nc.
Tighe enteru on bis public school work,
We may expect soon to hear that only tho
children Of Catholic parents remain in the
school Of which DO Is principal. 40 clear.
u 40 language can convey the impression
he iorcga tho inference that no has smug.
gled himaeli into the school to giyo 1t q
aectarisn turn. Thia IL many removes
from the intent Of the public school
arBtem. "#gH l,a #H W..
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Wnrrontpn Waifs,

Mack Nicely moved his family to town
last week. I.
Miss Maggie Bros took q trip to Bril-.
liant on Saturday.
Mrs. Welsh had a Gevore attack Of plu.
risy Thursday night. l8Sa9 y
Eugene King has a position in the tele.
graph office ut Wampum, Pa. IS
Rsv. Meek preached to largo and up.
preciativa audience Sunday night. =
". Brown has purchased fine team
and will do hauling for tho pottery. Il,
Dr.. Hall, OF Wsllsburg, was down on
Friday to GEO MIss Tsiasie Higgins, who IL
quito sick. .49
The Pottery Company made sale Of a
hundred thouaand brick 10 the Elaon GlsHu
Company last week. 9DGj @3F
hrs. CIoueh, Of Chilicothe, is the guest
OF Mrs. Dr.. Kelly. Mrs. @. was formerly
Miss Nancy Waddle, Of smithlield.
We rejoice that persons can got 10 the
stores In Portland without passing O
saloon. As the saloon keepers G.e all "on
bail" there ia comparative calm.
The many friends OF Miss Rnsh Con.
away were cory to hear thst she Is not
expected to live. Sha has been in the
asylum at Columbua for several months.